Instagram Deeplink

Installation

npm i instagram-deeplink

Usage

1. Add this middleware:

app.use('/insta', instagramDeeplink);

1. Chill 😎.

You can skip first argument to make middleware work from root path

How it works

Content type	User visits	iOS	Others
Profile	https://your_host.com/insta/username	instagram://user?username=username	https://instagram.com/username
Post	https://your_host.com/insta/p/B6f78z7jr42/	instagram://media?id=B6f78z7jr42	https://instagram.com/p/B6f78z7jr42/
Hashtag	https://your_host.com/insta/explore/tags/js/	instagram://tag?name=js	https://instagram.com/explore/tags/js/
Location	https://your_host.com/insta/explore/locations/213174824/	instagram://location?id=213174824	https://instagram.com/explore/locations/213174824/

Example

Simple example is provided in /service folder.

import * as express from 'express';
import { instagramDeeplink } from 'instagram-deeplink';
 
const app = express();
app.use('/insta', instagramDeeplink);
app.listen(3000, function () {
  console.log('Try to visit http://<your_ip>:3000/insta/username from your iOS device to open @username instagram profile directly in the app');
});